Competitive Trade Analysis – Agri-food and Seafood Trends in Indonesia

Trade overview

Indonesia is a net exporter of agri-food and seafood products. In 2019, Indonesia's agri-food and seafood trade surplus was Can$16.2 billion with imports valued at Can$26.8 billion, and Can$43.0 billion in exports. Indonesia's agri-food and seafood imports increased at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, Canada had an agri-food and seafood trade surplus of Can$611.9 million with Indonesia.

Indonesia's top agri-food and seafood imports in 2019 were wheat (13.9%), oilcake (8.2%), cane or beet sugar (6.8%), soy beans (5.3%), and frozen beef (3.2%). Key supplying countries were the United States (US), China, Australia, Thailand and Argentina. Canada ranks 8th among 175 supplying countries to Indonesia, and has seen some fluctuation in market share (from 3.9% market share in 2015 to 4.1% market share in 2019).

The top five agri-food and seafood suppliers to Indonesia accounted for Can$15.2 billion or 56.8% of the total imports in 2019. Canada has been a measureable supplier of agri-food and seafood to Indonesia over the past several years. Imports from Canada increased by 8.2% between 2015 and 2019 as market shares increased from 3.9% in 2015 to 4.1% in 2019.

In 2019, Canada ranked first for wheat and second for soy bean import supply into Indonesia among global trade partners, supplying Indonesia with Can$1.0 billion worth of these two commodities. Other top imports of Canadian agri-food and seafood products to Indonesia include frozen crabs, milk and cream, canary seed, flours, meals and pellets of meat or offal and potatoes.

Wheat was Indonesia's top agri-food and seafood commodity import from the world in 2019, with a value of Can$3.7 billion or 14.0% of overall agri-food and seafood imports. Canada supplied Can$932.7 million of wheat or 25.1% market share in 2019, an increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1% from Can$683.6 million in 2015. Indonesia's second largest agri-food and seafood commodity imported from the world was oilcake and other solid residues with values of Can$2.2 billion in 2019, to which Canada supplied a limited amount (Can$43.0 thousand in 2016). Imports of frozen beef recorded the highest CAGR of 33.0% among the top 15 categories from 2015 to 2019, followed by grapes, fresh or dried (28.6%), apples, pears and quinces, fresh (26.0%) and fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other edible fruits (15.5%) over the same period.

Top 15 agri-food and seafood imports

1. Wheat (HS 1001)

Canada was Indonesia's largest supplier of wheat with imports valued at Can$932.7 million in 2019. Imports of wheat from Indonesia's other suppliers, Ukraine and Argentina, increased by 48.7% from 2015 to 2019 and 28.8% (2016-2019) respectively.

2. Oilcake and other solid residues (HS 2304)

Canada was Indonesia's eighteenth largest supplier of oilcake and other solid residues with imports valued at Can$43.0 thousand in 2016. Imports of oilcake and other solid residues from Indonesia's other suppliers, Argentina increased by 6.7%, while Brazil decreased by −9.9% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

3. Soy beans (HS 1201)

Canada was Indonesia's second largest supplier of soy beans with imports valued at Can$69.8 million in 2019. Imports of soy beans from Indonesia's other suppliers, the United States and Brazil, increased by 0.9% and 108.5% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

4. Beef, frozen (HS 0202)

Canada was Indonesia's 8th largest supplier of frozen beef with imports valued at Can$306.9 thousand in 2019. Imports of frozen beef from Indonesia's primary suppliers, India increased 29.8% from 2016 to 2019 and Australia increased 10.8%, from 2015 to 2019.

5. Milk and cream (HS 0402)

Canada was Indonesia's tenth largest supplier of milk and cream with imports valued at Can$11.8 million in 2019. Imports of milk and cream from Indonesia's primary suppliers New Zealand and the United States, increased 9.3% and 12.4% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

6. Apples, pears and quinces, fresh (HS 0808)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-first largest supplier of apples, pears and quinces, fresh with imports valued at Can$56.7 thousand in 2018. Imports of apples, pears and quinces, fresh from Indonesia's primary suppliers China and New Zealand, increased 29.8% and 13.9% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

7. Food preparations, nowhere else specified (HS 2106)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-first largest supplier of food preparations, n.e.s. with imports valued at Can$3.6 million in 2019. Imports of food preparations, n.e.s. from Indonesia's primary suppliers, the United States declined −3.5%, while China increased 12.3 % respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

8. Grapes, fresh or dried (HS 0806)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-seventh largest supplier of grapes, fresh or dried with imports valued at Can$71.5 thousand in 2018. Imports of grapes, fresh or dried from Indonesia's primary suppliers, China and Australia increased 64.7% and 28.7% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

9. Residues of starch, (beet-pulp) (HS 2303)

Canada was Indonesia's fourth largest supplier of residues of starch, (beet-pulp) with imports valued at Can$1.4 million in 2019. Imports of residues of starch, (beet-pulp) from Indonesia's primary suppliers, the United States and China, increased 14.1% and 2.9% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

10. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS 2309)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-first largest supplier of preparations of a kind used in animal feeding with imports valued at Can$1.6 million in 2019. Imports of preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, from Indonesia's primary suppliers, Singapore and Thailand, increased 18.2% and 10.3% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

11. Malt extract (HS 1901)

Canada was Indonesia's thirty-ninth largest supplier of malt extract with imports valued at Can$169.0 thousand in 2018. Imports of malt extract, from Indonesia's primary suppliers Singapore and Thailand, increased 5.9% and 6.7% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

12. Other sugars (HS 1702)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-seventh largest supplier of other sugars with imports valued at Can$97.7 thousand in 2019. Imports of other sugars from Indonesia's primary suppliers China increased 12.1%, while the United States declined −5.3%, from 2015 to 2019.

13. Whey (HS 0404)

Canada was Indonesia's twenty-fifth largest supplier of whey with imports valued at Can$84.9 thousand in 2018. Imports of whey from Indonesia's primary suppliers, France, decreased by −6.3% while Germany increased 7.9% from 2015 to 2019.

14. Dextrins and other modified starches (HS 3505)

Canada was Indonesia's thirty-fifth largest supplier of dextrins and other modified starches with imports valued at Can$14.4 thousand in 2019. Imports of dextrins and other modified starches from Indonesia's primary suppliers, Thailand and the United States, increased by 9.1% and 4.5% respectively, from 2015 to 2019.

15. Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other edible fruits (HS 0810)

Canada was Indonesia's nineteenth largest supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other edible fruits with imports valued at Can$27.2 thousand in 2019. Imports of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other edible fruits from Indonesia's primary suppliers, Thailand, increased by 18.9%, while New Zealand decreased by −0.8%, from 2015 to 2019.

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Competitive Trade Analysis – Agri-food and Seafood Trends in Indonesia
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Prepared by: Laurie Bernardi, International Market Research Analyst

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